McDonald
John McDonald was held in the jail at Menominee, Michigan, in September 1881, according to the Ottawa Free Trader, which reprinted an account of the events. The paper reports that a mob of about four hundred broke down the jail door with heavy timber, dragged him and his brother Frank out onto the road, and killed them there. Their bodies were strung up from trees.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Ottawa Free Trader, the Canton Advocate and the River Falls Journal report that a mob of about four hundred battered down the jail door with heavy timber, dragged him to his death on the road and strung his body up in trees.
Reported by: Ottawa Free Trader (reporters); The Canton Advocate (reporters); River Falls Journal (reporters).
Sources (13)
- Chicago Daily Tribune, September 29, 1881, page 3
- Daily Los Angeles Herald, September 30, 1881, page 1
- Eureka Daily Sentinel, September 30, 1881, page 2
- The Ottawa Free Trader, October 1, 1881, page 4
- Arizona Weekly Citizen, October 2, 1881, page 2
- The Weekly Miner, October 4, 1881, page 6
- Helena Weekly Herald, October 6, 1881, page 6
- The Canton Advocate, October 6, 1881, page 1
- Wood County Reporter, October 6, 1881, page 1
- River Falls Journal, October 6, 1881, page 2
- The Dallas Weekly Herald, October 8, 1881, page 4
- St. Landry Democrat, October 8, 1881, page 2
- Sacramento Daily Record-Union, January 5, 1882, page 1